Rihanna Wrecking Something Adds $66,000 in Value

Rihanna takes a picture with a guest at an NBA playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on May 9, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
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In destruction there is creation, and someone purchased an iPhone that Rihanna destroyed for $66,500.

Rihanna dropped a fan's phone while taking a photo with him at a Clippers game, cracking the screen. The fellow with the defunct rectangle of fancy glass and aluminum decided to sell it on eBay (now signed with a heart and a rare Rihanna apology). Some other person in the world bought it for many thousands of dollars.

It is perhaps presumptuous of me to recommend economic policy, but — the United States should cancel all other exports and rely solely on Rihanna damaging things for profit.